FR2663963A1 - Process and apparatus for the automatic washing, wringing, drying and pressing of textile articles - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for the automatic washing, wringing, drying and pressing of textile articles (20). This process is characterised in that it comprises steps involving, in the same chamber, arranging and holding the textile articles (20) on vertical plane hangers (22, 22') parallel to one another, washing by agitating the hangers (22, 22') in a washing product, wringing, after the discharge of the washing product, a spin by exerting pressure on the textile articles (20) by means of wringing bags (24) inflated by a pressurised fluid, ensuring, after the deflation of the wringing bags (24), the drying of the articles (20) by bringing the said articles into contact with air having a low degree of moisture, and ensuring the pressing of the said articles (20) by applying a pressure by means of press bags (24, 23), the latter being inflated by a hot pressurised fluid.

Description

 The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automatically carrying out, without operator intervention, washing, spinning, drying and ironing of textile articles.

 There are currently many systems for carrying out the treatment of textile articles, which use either water containing detergent or organic solvents, to dissolve the soiling of the fabric.

However, these are still separate devices which require, for each of the operations, the intervention of an operator between at least two of the stages of the treatment cycle. In particular, if there are washing machines, wringing machines and clothes drying machines, these are unable to iron, automatically.

Likewise, machines are known comprising heating rollers between which the parts pass, or expandable mannequins on which the clothes are threaded, and which make it possible to dry and iron the linen automatically, with satisfactory results. However, these machines nevertheless require manual feeding and removal of the textile articles and therefore cannot be connected to an automatic chain.

 In addition, the inability of current systems to integrate the automatic ironing function into the suite of operations is particularly noticeable for the general public, for whom it constitutes one of the last heavy household tasks, most often carried out by hand with irons. to redo.

 The object of the present invention is to propose means making it possible to place the dirty textile part (s) in the treatment apparatus, at the start of the cycle, and to be able to take them back clean, dry and ironed, therefore ready to be used again, at the end of it, without any manual intervention having been necessary in the meantime.

 A particular object of the invention is to propose a method and apparatus or equipment implementing this method, and which is moreover adapted to each of the potential markets specific to textile article processing apparatuses, namely the general public, and laundromats.

 The present invention thus relates to a joint method of washing, spinning, drying and ironing, automatic textile articles characterized in that it comprises the steps consisting, in the same enclosure, to arrange and maintain the articles textiles on vertical flat hangers parallel to each other, wash by shaking the hangers in washing water, after draining off the washing water, spin, exerting pressure on the textile articles using bags After swelling of the spin bags, to ensure the drying of the articles by contacting said articles with air at low humidity, to ensure the ironing of said articles by application pressure by means of an ironing bag, the latter being inflated by a hot fluid and under pressure.

 In a variant of the invention, the processing device consists of a series of modules which can be implemented independently of one another, with equally different cycles.

 Interestingly, the hangers of these modules can be in the form of circular discs arranged in a vertical plane, these discs being driven in rotation during washing and during spinning.

Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below, by way of non-limiting examples, with reference to the appended drawing in which
Figure 1 is a schematic vertical sectional view of a textile article processing apparatus according to the invention.

 FIG. 2 is a schematic vertical sectional view along the line II-II, of the processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1.

 FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the support and agitation means of the hangers and of the wringing / ironing bags of the device according to the invention, along line III-III of FIG. 2.

 Figure 4 is a partial sectional view on an enlarged scale of the drive means in translation of the hanger holding bars and wringing / ironing bags, along the line IV-IV of Figure 3 and after rotation of the wheel angle drive a.

 Figures 5 to 7 are partial views, in vertical section, of a hook for holding textile articles according to i vant 1 'in ~ i ~ rnt i on, respectively shown in the open position locked in the unlocked position and t closed position locked.

 Figures 8 and 9 are partial sectional views of the retaining hook shown in Figure 7 along the line Vili-Vili thereof, respectively in the unlocked open position and in the locked closed position.

 Figures 10 and 11 are partial sectional views of a clamp for fixing a textile article on a hanger.

 Figures 12 and 13 show respectively in longitudinal section, and in top view of a clamp for fixing a textile article on a hanger.

 Figure 14 shows a plan view of an alternative embodiment of a hanger according to the invention.

 Figures 15 and 16 show respectively in plan and in cross section, another alternative embodiment of a hanger according to the invention.

 FIG. 16a represents a variant of a hanger for supporting a textile article.

 FIG. 17 represents, in schematic form, the connection of the different elements used in the method and the apparatus according to the invention.

 Figures 18 and 19 are partial sectional views of a wringing / ironing bag used in the method and the device according to the invention in section, respectively from the front and transverse.

 Figure 20 is a schematic perspective view of a second alternative embodiment of an apparatus according to the invention.

 Figures 21 and 22 are cross-sectional views of a module constituting a second variant of implementation of the apparatus according to the invention, respectively shown in the use position and in the loading position.

 Figure 23 is a partial sectional view along line XXIII-XXIII of Figure 22.

 FIG. 24 is a partial cross-sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the module shown in FIGS. 21 to 23.

 The apparatus according to the invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 19 comprises an external enclosure 1 and an internal enclosure 3 made of stainless material, substantially rectangular. The front walls of the internal 3 and external 1 enclosures are arranged in the same plane and are closed by an air and water tight access door 5, by which the textile articles to be cleaned are introduced and removed.

 Two horizontal transverse bars are arranged inside the enclosure 3, namely an upper bar 7 and a lower bar 7 '. The respective ends of these bars 7,7 'are held by rods 9 at one end of which they are articulated, the other end of these rods 9 being articulated on an axis 11 offset from a wheel 13 driven in rotation by a motor (not shown). A guide rail 15 receives one end of the bars 7,7 'and ensures a controlled vertical displacement of the bars 3,3'. The bars 3,3 ′ are provided over their entire length with a series of spaced notches 17 intended to receive a hook for hanging flat hangers 22 on which the textile articles 20 to be cleaned are placed.

 Ironing / spinning bags 24, of generally planar shape, are arranged between the flat hangers 22 so that the plane of these bags is perpendicular to the plane (P) formed by the two holding bars 7,7 '. The upper and lower ends of these bags 24 are each secured to a bar 23 perpendicular to the plane P. These bars are embedded in the material constituting the upper and lower parts of the bag 24 and are fixed, by any suitable means, to the bags 24 The drying / ironing bags 24 are made of an elastic textile material and are provided, at their base, with means making it possible to connect them to a pressure source to inflate them, and to suction means to deflate them. . These bags are of such a size that they can cover the hangers 22 and the textile articles 20 with which these are coated.

 In an alternative embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 the wringing / ironing bags 24 consist of two bags, namely a first outer bag 24a and a second inner bag 24b, each of these two bags being fitted with an inflation / deflation hose 25a to 25b respectively.

 Such an arrangement is advantageous insofar as, as will be seen later, it makes it possible to reduce the volume of steam required, since only the outer bag 24a will be supplied by it.

 The flat hangers 22 consist of a plate, for example of plastic, the shape of which is adapted to that of the textile article which it is intended to support.

The hangers 22 have at their upper and lower ends a hook 26, lockable respectively on the upper bar 7 and the lower bar 7 '. The lockable hook 26 consists of two parts, namely a fixed part 28 integral with the hanger 22 and a part 30, movable about an axis 32 perpendicular to the plane of the hanger 22. The fixed part 28 and the mobile part 30 are hollowed out one and the other of two semi-circular housings respectively 34.34 'so that, in the closed position, the bar 7.7' can take place between them (Figure 7). The movable part 30 comprises a stop 36 extending, in the locked position, upwards for the top hook and downwards for the bottom hook. A lock 38, movable transversely under the action of a lever 37 relative to in the plane of the hanger 22, is disposed in the fixed part 28 of the hook 26 and is capable of occupying two positions, namely a first position in which it is in the same plane as the movable part of the hook (FIG. 9) and a second position in which it is released relative to it (Figure 8). The shape of the lock 38 and the size of the stop 36 are such that, in the locked position, either in the open position (Figure 5) or in the closed position, (Figure 7) the stop 36 comes into contact with the lock 38 so that the movable part 30 of the hook 26 is immobilized in its position. When the lock is in the released position (FIG. 8), the movable part 30 of the hook 26 can pivot freely around the axis 32 without the stop 36 does not come into contact with the lock, and it is thus possible to release the hanger from the bar 7,7 '.

 As shown in Figures 10 and 11 the flat hangers 22 include clamps 40 intended to ensure the immobilization of the textile article 20 in a position suitable for its treatment. The clamps 40 consist of two parts, namely a clamping element 42 and a control handle 44. The clamping element 42 consists of a substantially flat piece articulated at one end on two axes 46 parallel to the plane of the hanger and which are held by two supports 48 integral with the hanger 22. The underside of the other end of the clamping element 42 can thus, during its pivoting movement around the axis 46, deviate or become bring closer to the upper surface of the hanger 22 so as to be able to admit and hold the textile article 20 that one wishes to immobilize.

The clamping element 42 is hollowed out of an upper cavity 50 and two slots 52 allowing the passage of two supports 54 integral with the hanger 22. These two supports maintain two transverse axes 56, parallel to the plane of the hanger 22, around which the control handle 44 is pivotally mounted. This comprises, in the vicinity of the axis 56, a part 58 in the form of a cam such that, when the handle 44 is in a position substantially parallel to the plane of the hanger 22, it applies the 'clamping element 42 against the upper face thereof (Figure 11) and that, when the handle 44 is in a position substantially perpendicular to the upper face of the hanger 22, (Figure 10) it allows the movement of the element clamp 42 so that it is possible to introduce, or remove, the textile article 20 between the underside of the clamp 42 and the upper face of the hanger Thus, the clamps 40 have two stable positions , at knowing an open position leaving the laundry item 20 free and a closed position in which the latter is immobilized relative to the hanger 22.

 In an interesting variant of the invention, shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, a clamp 40 ′ is disposed movable in the longitudinal direction of the hanger 22. To do this, a clamp 40 ′ of the type of clamp 40 described above, is fixed on a strap 60 wrapped around the thickness of the hanger 22 (Figure 12) by two slots 62 provided therein, one end of the strap 62 being fixed to the rear part of the clamp 40 'and the other end of this strap being fixed to the front part of the clamp 40 '. Optionally the strap 62 can be recessed in longitudinal slots 52 provided on the front and back of the hanger 22. Under these conditions once the textile article 20 fixed by the clamp 40 ', the desired tension can be achieved therefrom by moving the clamp 40 'along the longitudinal axis of the hanger. Once the tension level of the textile article 20 obtained, the clamp 40' is immobilized in position, by means of a locking element 64.

 This locking element 64 essentially consists of a lever, one end of which is articulated about an axis parallel to the plane of the hanger held by two supports 66 integral with the hanger 22 and arranged on either side of the strap 62, l end of this cam lever so that when the lever is disposed in a position substantially parallel to the plane of the hanger 22 (Figure 12) said end comes, in known manner, strongly apply the strap 62 against the upper surface of the hanger 22 thus ensuring blocking the assembly.

 As indicated above, the various hangers 22 used to hold the textile articles 20 during the successive treatment operations are of a shape suitable for that of the textile articles 20 to be maintained. Thus, as shown in FIG. 14, the hangers 22 can be pierced with lights intended to receive parts of clothing. Thus, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 14, a hole 68 has been pierced in the upper part of the hanger 22 substantially perpendicular to its longitudinal axis, through which a piece of flat clothing, such as a sheet.

 The example shown in Figures 15 and 16 consists of a hanger 22 for holding pants. This hanger 22 has at its upper and lower parts holding clips 40 'of the type described above, and at its upper part a slot 68' for the passage of the legs of the pants.

 In FIG. 16a a hanger 22 ensures the maintenance of a textile article 20 consisting of a shirt.

 The width of a shirt, arms extended, being such that it is incompatible with the acceptable depth for a device intended for the general public, we take advantage of the fact that a shirt is less tall than wide to arrange it so that the axis of symmetry of the jacket is disposed substantially horizontally.

 To do this, the hanger 22 consists of a substantially horizontal part 22a and two arms 22 inclined by about 450 relative to the latter intended to receive the sleeves of the shirt.

 FIG. 17 represents, in schematic form, the connections of the various constituent elements of the apparatus according to the invention.

 The apparatus thus firstly comprises means for supplying water. This water supply is made from a water inlet connected to the inlet of a solenoid valve 71, the outlet of which is directed, optionally through a detergent tank 74 and / or a heater 76 , towards an inlet 78 of the inner enclosure 3. Means of known type, not shown in the drawing, are provided for adjusting the water level inside the enclosure 3 to a desired value.

 The internal enclosure 3 also includes a discharge orifice 80, connected by a pipe 81 to the inlet of a water pump 72, with the interposition of a valve 73, the outlet of the water pump 72 being connected, via an outlet valve 75, to a waste water evacuation pipe 82.

 The internal enclosure 3 also includes a humid air discharge orifice 84, connected by a pipe 86, with the interposition of a valve 85 at the inlet of an air dryer 88, the outlet of which is connected on the one hand, by a pipe 89, to a suction fan 40 and, on the other hand, at the inlet 97 of the distilled water reserve 108, by means of valves and the water pump 72.

The outlet 91 of the suction fan 90 is connected on the one hand to the outside, by means of a valve 93, and on the other hand, to the respective inlets of the various wringing / ironing bags 24, by via a line 94. The air conveyed through line 94 to the spin / iron bags, possibly passes through a heater 96. The air leaving the heater 96 can also be directed, through a line 98 with interposition of a valve 73, in the interior enclosure 3.

 The present device also comprises a compressor 100, the inlet 102 of which is connected on the one hand, by means of a valve 104 and a pipe 103, on the outside, so as to be able to suck in air fresh, and secondly, via a valve 107 at the outlet of an evaporator 105. The inlet 106 thereof is supplied, via a valve 109 and a line 107, to a distilled water reserve 108, itself supplied by means of a valve, to the water pump 72.

Under these conditions the operation of this device is established as follows
The user first of all arranges each textile article of linen 20 to be treated on a flat hanger 22, of a shape adapted to the latter, carries out the fixing of the clips 40, 40 ′ on the textile article. He then stretches it on the hanger 22, in the position suitable for treatment, by moving the clamps 40, 40 ′ to the desired position and blocks the movement by means of the locking element 64, as explained above.

The user then locks the moving parts 30 of the hooks 26 in the open position by operating the locking levers, and engages the hangers 22 in the apparatus, the hooks 26 overlapping the upper 7 and lower 7 'bars, until arriving in contact with the stop 36 at the end of the movable part. The user after having put the mobile part 30 in the unlocking position continues the horizontal movement of the flat hanger 22 until the mobile part 30 of the hook 22 is closed, as explained above, and locks the latter around the bars 7, 7 'by lowering the locking handle 37. After closing the access door 5, the device is ready to be used.

 The method of treating the device according to the invention comprises five essential steps, namely filling, washing, spinning, drying, ironing.

 These different stages will be implemented in turn, by any programming means of known type, constituted for example by mechanical, electrical and / or electronic means actuating the various valves and motors of the device.

 During the filling phase, the water intake solenoid valve 71 is opened so as to admit a quantity of water, to load it with detergent if necessary, to optionally reheat it in the heater 76 to bring it up to at the water inlet orifice 78 opening into the inner enclosure 3. The water level being controlled by means not shown in the drawing. When, depending on the operation that one wishes to perform, the required water level is obtained, the water supply is cut off, and one passes to the next phase, that is to say to the washing phase.

 The washing phase is triggered by the rotation of the shaft controlling the rotation of the wheel 13, which provides via the connecting rod-crank system previously described, constituted by the wheel 13 and the connecting rod 9, a movement alternating from bottom to top at bars 7.7 ′ which has the effect of agitating the clothes supported by the hangers 22 in the washing water. Depending on the type of washing that is to be carried out and the nature of the textile articles 20 placed on the hangers 22, the water is maintained and / or carried, by means of any known type not shown in the drawing, to the desired temperature. At the end of a given time, depending on the type of washing to be carried out, this is stopped and the water contained in the internal enclosure 3 is emptied, by actuating the appropriate valves and operating the water pump 72 so as to evacuate the waste water via the line 82.

 Once the enclosure 3 is empty of water, we go to the spin phase. For this, fresh air is sucked outside through the pipe 103 and by actuating the compressor 100, this fresh air is admitted into the spin / iron bags 24, so that the pressures in these different bags are much the same. Each of the textile articles 20 is thus compressed between two bags 24 under pressure which, by the pressure which they exert on the textile articles 20, extract from them the water which they contain.

This water is then evacuated via line 82 by opening the valve 75. The spin / iron bags 24 are then emptied by sucking in the air they contain by means of the fan 90, which then expels it outwards by line 93.

 The drying phase is then approached, during which the fan 90 draws the air contained in the enclosure 3 through the air dryer 88, and returns this air through the valve 95 to the air heater 96 which brings this to a value defined by the state of the current program selected as a function of the piece of clothing 20. This air, thus dried is heated and returned, via the pipe 98, in the enclosure 3, until the end of the drying phase.

 To carry out the ironing phase, and on the assumption that the spin / iron bags 24 are made up of two bags, namely an outer bag 24a and an inner bag 24b, the compressor 100 sucks, through the pipe 103 and the valve associated with it, the air outside and discharges it directly into the interior bags 24b, so that the pressures applied to these different bags are identical. The compressor 100 then draws in the steam produced by the evaporator 105, supplied with distilled water from the reserve of distilled water 108, and discharges this steam into the external spin / iron bags 24a, the vapor pressures supplied to these bags being identical from one to the other. The spinning / ironing bags 24 thus exert on the textile articles 20 disposed on the hangers 22 a pressure, associated with a certain temperature, thus making it possible to iron these textile articles 20 .

 In an advantageous variant of the invention, the wall of the outer bag 24a is made of a porous material, through which steam is injected onto the textile article so as to promote its ironing.

 In the event that the spin / iron bags consist of a simple bag 24, this is supplied with hot air and / or steam as described above.

 The pressure exerted by the spin / iron bags 24 on the clothes will be applied for a given time, depending on the temperature of the steam and the nature of the clothes to be ironed. Once the ironing time has elapsed, the fan 90 draws in the air contained in the spin / iron bags 24 to discharge it, through the valve 93, into the atmosphere. The user then has to recover the textile articles which are then clean, dry and ironed, ready to be removed from the hangers 22.

 In Figures 20 to 24 there is shown a textile article processing apparatus according to the invention constituted in a modular manner. The apparatus thus consists in the example of six modules 110, which can operate independently of each other, and making it possible to carry out with a given module a certain processing cycle suitable for a textile article of a given type, and to operate the neighboring modules with a totally different operating cycle, suitable for another type of textile article. In addition, the modules 110 are also started up independently, which is particularly advantageous for treatment devices intended to be used in laundromats, allowing different users to choose the appropriate cycle for one or more clothes arranged on a specific hanger of a module.

 Each module 110 comprises a parallelepipedic envelope 111 of small thickness. This envelope 111 contains a hanger 22 ′ of circular overall shape, the field of which, of small thickness, comprises over its entire periphery transverse teeth 116. Each of the main faces of the hanger comprises a circular crown 117 extending near the periphery of the latter, this ring 117 being intended to ensure the maintenance and the guiding of the circular hanger 22 ′, in rails 118,119,120,121 respectively arranged at the lower part, at the upper part, on the bottom, and on a door 136. As shown in Figure 21 these rails comprise, on either side of the hanger 22 ', a series of rollers 123, movable in rotation about a horizontal axis, and a series of rollers 125, movable in rotation around a vertical axis. These two series of rollers bear respectively on the upper face of the crown 117 and on the field thereof, so as to guide the circular hanger 115. In the position of closing, that is to say when the upper 130 and lower 132 leaves of the module door 110 are closed, the peripheral gear 117 of the circular hanger 20 'is meshed on two gears 131 respectively arranged at the upper part and at the lower part of module 110.

 These gears 131 are connected to drive means, not shown in the drawing, and which ensure the rotation of the circular hanger 22 during the washing phase at a given speed and during the spinning phase at a speed superior.

 As shown in Figure 24 an ironing bag 133 is disposed on either side of the plane formed by the circular hanger 22 '. In FIG. 24, an ironing bag 133 is shown in the inflated position, that is to say in the position corresponding to ironing, and the other ironing bag is shown in the deflated position, which corresponds to the washing position or to the drying position.

 Means for supplying cold water, hot water, steam, as well as means for extracting steam and waste water, as well as programming means are provided to supply each of the modules 110 and operate, as described in the previous realization.

 The shutter door of the modules 110 is composed of two leaves, namely an upper leaf 136 movable in rotation about a horizontal axis, transverse with respect to the module 110, and which is disposed at the upper part thereof, and a second lower leaf movable in rotation about a transverse axis fixed on the base of the module 110 and which is in the closed position, under the first. As shown in FIG. 22, these two leaves can pivot 900 towards the front of the module and, in this position constitute guide rails allowing the circular hanger 22 'to move forward, while being held by the rails, and then to be extracted from them so as to receive, by any means not shown, the textile articles which one wishes to treat. These hangers can be equipped with means for holding and tensioning the textile articles as well as slots for letting them pass as described in the previous embodiment.

 In a variant intended for use in a laundromat of such an appliance, it is possible to provide connecting means making it possible to keep the circular hanger 22 'secured to the module 110, in order to prevent users from stealing the circular hangers 22 '.

 Of course in such an alternative embodiment of the invention, the ironing bags 133 can also be used to carry out a pre-spin.

Claims (14)

 1.- Joint washing, spinning, drying and ironing process, automatic of textile articles (20) characterized in that it comprises the stages consisting, in the same enclosure, of placing and maintaining the textile articles ( 20) on vertical flat hangers (22,22 ') parallel to each other, to carry out washing by shaking the hangers (22,22') in a washing product, to carry out, after evacuation of the washing product, a spinning, by exerting pressure on the textile articles (20) by means of spinning bags (24), inflated by a pressurized fluid, to ensure, after deflating the spinning bags (24), the drying of the items ( 20) by bringing said articles into contact with air with a low humidity rate, to ensure the ironing of said articles (20) by application of pressure by means of ironing bags (24, 23), the latter being swollen with hot fluid and under pressure.  2.- Method according to claim 2 characterized in that it ensures the phases of wringing and ironing by means of the same bags (24) of wringing / ironing.  3.- Method according to claim 1 characterized in that there is, on each side of each of the hangers (22,22 ') a wringing / ironing bag (24).  4.- Device intended to ensure jointly washing, spinning, drying and ironing of textile articles, inside the same enclosure, characterized in that it comprises at least one enclosure (3 ) comprising holding means intended to ensure the immobilization of at least one hanger (22,22 ') on which the textile article (20) is disposed and maintained, means for agitating the hangers (22,22' ), wringing means consisting of wringing bags (24) inflatable under the pressure of a fluid, and exerting, in the inflated state, on the textile articles (20) supported by the hangers (22,22 ' ) a pressure, so as to entrain the water contained by them, means for bringing the textile articles (20) into contact with air with low moisture content, means for ironing the textile articles (20) ironing bags (24,133), inflatable under the pressure of a fluid brought to a temperature sufficient to ensure ironing and ex erecting a pressure in the inflated state, on the textile articles supported by the hangers.  5.- Device according to claim 4 characterized in that the bags (24) providing ironing are the same as the bags (24) ensuring the spin.  6.- Device according to claim 5 characterized in that at least the ironing bags (24) consist of two envelopes, namely an outer envelope (24a), and an inner envelope (24b) disposed inside the 'outer envelope (24a), each of these two envelopes having their own inflation / deflation means respectively (25a, 25b).  7.- Device according to claim 6 characterized in that the outer envelope (24a) consists of a material permeable to water vapor, through which water vapor is injected on the textile articles (20) .  8.- Device according to any one of claims 3 to 7 characterized in that the hangers (22) are held relative to the enclosure (3) in at least two zones, by removable securing means (26,119,118,120,136), these means being able to provide them with agitation during the washing and / or spinning phases.  9.- Device according to claim 7 characterized in that the hangers (22) are provided at their upper and lower parts with a hook (26) secured to a support bar (7-7 '), said bar being itself fixed, at each of its ends, to one end of a link 9, the other end of which is articulated on an eccentric rotary element (13).  10.- Device according to claim 4 characterized in that it consists of a series of modular elements (110) each comprising an enclosure (111) in which is disposed a hanger (22) textile article support (20 ) in the form of a disc, comprising rotational drive means (131), intended to wash and possibly spin said textile article (20).  11.- Device according to claim 10 characterized in that the disc-shaped hanger (22 ') is arranged vertically in the enclosure (111), and is held by rails (118,119,120,136) between the branches of which it takes place, the rotary drive means being constituted by at least one rotary wheel (131) in contact with the periphery of the hanger (22 ').  12.- Device according to claim 11 characterized in that the hanger (22) is provided on its periphery with gear teeth (116) able to mesh with teeth of corresponding shape of the drive wheel (131) .  13.- Device according to claim 12 characterized in that the hanger (22 ') comprises on each of its main faces a circular ring (117) extending near the periphery thereof, this ring (117) being intended to maintain and guide the circular hanger (22 '), in the rails (118,119,120,121), respectively arranged at the lower part at the upper part, on the bottom and on a door leaf (138), these rails comprising , on either side of the hanger (22 '), a series of rollers (123) mobile in rotation about a horizontal axis, and a series of rollers (125) mobile in rotation around a vertical axis, and bearing respectively on the upper face of the crown (117) and on the field thereof, so as to guide and maintain the circular hanger (115).  14.- Device according to claim 4 characterized in that it comprises means for holding and tensioning the textile article (120) on the hanger (22 '), consisting of a clamp (40.40') fixed on the latter and able, in the holding position, to clamp said article (20), this clamp being mounted on a strap (60) wound around a part of the hanger and movable longitudinally, blocking means (64) being provided to immobilize the strap (6Q) relative to the hanger (22).